This blog is for Jonathan Switzer, co-founder of FFD, Pastor, Crossroads Valley Chapel in Frederick, Md. The Frederick Faith Debate is founded on Thomas Jefferson's Idea that the "clash of ideas is the sound of freedom." In that Spirit we discuss faith. At times we agree passionately and at times we disagree passionately; and everything in between. However, we always shoot straight and endeavor to persuasively, logically and patiently respond to those who disagree.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Believe God or believe anything

G. K Chesterton once said that those who stop believing in God don’t become skeptics so much as they end up believing all sorts of outlandish things.Belief in God through Holy Scripture anchors the mind and soul protecting it from extremism (i.e. global warming hysteria).Extremists have gotten to calling scientists extremists.Outlandish claims of “muzzling” abound.A good debate seems appropro.

Speaking of science, memory altering drugs raise ethical dilemma.Are drugs the answer to the people’s problems?It seems so often that a drug provides an answer until we find out later that it causes other problems.We really know so little in the end.Take for instance malaria and breaking news about malaria resistant mosquitos.A hundred years ago, an outbreak of any disease would have brought the U.S. to its knees in prayer and repentance.Now, we take our prayers to the altar of science and sacrifice whatever is asked that it provide us with protection.Science is fine but exalting it above repentance before God is immoral.

Spiritual foundations are essential to keeping society grounded.By giving up those foundations we give up society, we lose our humanity and we train our children to be cowards.We end up believing anything.It is not the danger of cynicism but the danger of naivete’.

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